Solid oil-containing medicine.



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Specification otllaetters Patent.

' Patented Aug. 15, @911.

Serial 110 547,415. am d January 5,- 1911. mmv Ho, 801,000. I

Be it known that I, O' rr o 'New York, in the borougho Manhattan, count and State of New York, have in-.

which the following is a tull,-clear, and ex act specificatiom My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements, in medicinal oils and oil products, both fatty and volatile,-in a dryIstate, and also to the method of produc soluble in water, and

ing the same, audit is particularly adapted for use in connection with the so-called medicinaloils. Many of. said oils, such, for instance, as castor oil, olive oil, and 'cod' liver oil, are particularly unpalatable and repulsiye toma-ny persons, so that their use, even in the, form of an emulsion, is attended by nausea, and in many cases is Wholly im racticable. In certain cases it has been ound possible to produce these oils in a ulverulent form by combining them wit burnt ma esia and the like, butsuch products are of limited utilityby reason of thelaxative properties contributed by, the magnesium constituent."

It is the object of my invention to overcome this objection and to prepare for in-.'

ternal' hse the medicinal oils, in a dry state, unimpaired and unaccompanied b any such objectionable properties, and by t e method about to be described I am enabled to obtain the desired results and produce a product which, in addition to the oil constituent, contains nothing deleterious,

but is simply a healthful, easily digestible food product which is palatable under all circumstances.

By treating ordinary starch, certain soluble products are obtainable therefrom,1such, forinstance, as the product enerally known. as soluble starch, or the pr uct' obtained-by treating ordinary starch with acid, as in-the manufacture of dextrose, and arresting the process before. completion. Such products diflt'er from starch in that they are readily also differ from glucose in that they exist in .a perfectly dry .state' One such product which I find can be used to advantage is that described and claimed in United States Letters Patent No.

I certain newand useful-lrnprove-- ment's in Solid Oil-Containing Medicine, of i solved in sixty parts'of water,

June 14, 1907; 5

I have found that by combining medicinal 855,599, granted; to Theodore B. Wagner,

oils with a starch product such as above described, and with albumins such as casein or luten or the like, the oilsare brou ht intoa state, .in which they can be readily taken retained by the most sen siby persons and In this, way as much as tive' stomachs.

thirty-three per cent. of an oil canbe inc'ororated into the mediumsI have named, and

Inasmuch as the medium itself is av nutritious and easily digestible. substance, my

product willbe found preferable toemulsions or other compounds which contain other ingredients, which, if not actually deleterious, constitute-mere useless ballast.

"One method of carrying out my invention is .as follows: Thirty-three parts of the starch product referred to above are disand there are then added thereto thirty-three parts of gluten. To this'are, added thirty-three parts :of the oil it is desired to incorporate, and

the mixture is slowly dried'by heating at,

cent. The resultant product can then i be ground or formed into tabletsor the like,

and when desired a suitable aromatic or flavoring substance, or other medicinal substance may be incorporated before or after drying.

It will-be understood that while pure, untreated oils may be employed as abovepmy invention also contemplates the use of oils which have been subjected to modifications or treatments, such, for instance, as the iodization of the "oil or the like.

It will also be understood that various modifications may bemade in the'preparation of the substances, as Well as in other features of my invention, without departing from the spirit thereof, and I do not intend to limit myself to the exact preparation or.

features above described, but

' .What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The method of producing an oil-containing medicine consisting in mixingoil and gluten with a solution of soluble starch and evaporating the mixture to dryness,

2. The method of producing dry oil-containing medicinal compositions, consisting in dissolving a soluble starch product water, adding an albuminous. substance in dissolving thirty-three arts of modified resultant, product.

stafch-in .waten adding t irty-three parts of an 'albuminous substance thereto, then addin thirty-three parts of oil to the mixture is us produced, and then drying the *4; Asol'id. oil-containing medicine c'om-' prising soluble starchQgluten-ahd medicinal oil substantially as described.

,5. A solid oil-containing m cdic ine' conmining soluble starch, Ian albuminous substance. ands fixed medicinal oil substanmay as described,

'6. A solid oil-containing medicine containing one part of soluble starch, onc part of gluten and one part of fixed medicinal oil substantially as described. 4

Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing wltnesses.

' 4 'I RMAY. Witnesses;

ALEXANDER Mekomsmnn, i 

